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  • Israeli troops detain 5 Palestinians in West Bank

    Date: 2018-11-04 11:17:21 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:7653758

    RAMALLAH, Nov 4 (MENA) - Israeli occupation troops detained last night and early on Sunday five Palestinians, said the Prisoners' Club said in a statement. The detainees are from Ramallah, Al-Bireh, Khalil and Qalqilya in the occupied West ....

  • Kurdish leader says any Turkish offensive to be repelled

    Date: 2018-11-04 07:16:58 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:7653318

    DAMASCUS, Nov 4 (MENA) - A senior Kurdish leader has warned that the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) would not stand idle if a possible Turkish-led offensive was conducted on the east of Euphrates River. Ankara has been threatening it will attack ....

  • West Bank city sealed off by Israeli forces - WAFA

    Date: 2018-11-03 10:48:44 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:7652422

    RAMALLAH, Nov 3 (MENA) - Israeli forces on Saturday set up checkpoints in all entrances to the northern West Bank city of Tulkarm and prevented its residents from leaving it in a step seen as a collective punishment measure against the city’s ....

  • Palestinian child succumbs to injuries sustained during 2014 Gaza war

    Date: 2018-11-03 08:28:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:7652219

    GAZA CITY, Nov 3 (MENA) - A Palestinian child succumbed to the injuries he had sustained during the war waged by Israel on the Gaza Strip in 2014. Mohamed al Rifi passed away after four-years of treatment in El-Wafa Hospital, said a Palestinian ....

  • Israeli forces shut down Palestinian village's entrance

    Date: 2018-11-02 13:22:33 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:28 - ID:7651149

    RAMALLAH, Nov 2 (MENA) - Israeli army on Friday shut down the north entrance to the village of Taqou, near Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, WAFA news agency reported. Israeli forces and extremist Jewish settlers shut down the entrance to ....

  • Trump's envoy is due in Israel for talks on US peace plan

    Date: 2018-11-01 21:14:23 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:94 - ID:7650564

    WASHINGTON, Nov 1 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump’s special representative for international negotiations, Jason Greenblatt, returns to Israel this weekend for continued talks on the administration’s upcoming peace plan, Fox News reported. No ....

  • Palestinian re-detained upon release, fathers and sons held in West Bank

    Date: 2018-11-01 10:20:02 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:7649315

    RAMALLAH, Nov 1 (MENA) - A Palestinian prisoner who was held in Israeli jails for seven years was re-detained as he was walking out of prison upon completing his sentence, WAFA quoted the Palestine Prisoners’ Club (PPC) as saying on ....

  • Palestinian official warns of Israeli schemes to Judaize Al Khalil

    Date: 2018-10-31 15:59:02 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:7648270

    RAMALLAH, Oct 31 (MENA) - ِA Palestinian official has warned of the Israeli occupation schemes in ِAl Khalil (Hebron), in the south of the West Bank. Nidal Jaabari , the advisor to Hebron governor for the old city affairs, said that there is a ....

  • Israeli reconnaissance jet fires missile towards Palestinians in central Gaza Strip

    Date: 2018-10-31 13:20:34 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:50 - ID:7648185

    GAZA CITY, Oct 31 (MENA) - An Israeli reconnaissance aircraft launched Wednesday a missile towards Palestinian youths in central Gaza Strip. Palestinian security sources said that no injuries were reported during the Israeli raid that targeted ....

  • China gives priority to conditions in Middle East, peace in Africa during its UNSC presidency

    Date: 2018-10-31 13:13:48 GMT - China - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:7647881

    BEIJING, Oct 31 (MENA) - The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that conditions in the Middle East alongside security and stability in Africa will be a top priority for China during its rotating presidency of the United Nations Security ....

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